The services that Hudson provides fully complement the underwriting and asset management activities that make Hudson such a formidable platform in Real Estate, Financial Markets, and Private Equity.
For more than 20 years, this globally comprehensive operational platform has supported Lone Star, the Lone Star Funds, and the assets held by the Lone Star Funds. We are proud of the expertise, commitment, and hard work extended by the more than 400 Hudson professionals who support underwriting, valuation, transaction execution, compliance, risk management, accounting requirements, and asset management objectives around the world.
Core services that Hudson provides in support of underwriting, asset management, and servicing include:
Investment accounting
Hudson provides detailed financial reporting on the investments and related entities of the Lone Star Funds. The team has expertise in local GAAP requirements in core jurisdictions and focuses on maintaining and delivering accurate and reliable financial reporting with respect to the Lone Star Funds’ investments.
Financial reporting
Our corporate finance team performs global corporate accounting, financial planning and analysis, travel expense administration, and monthly fee billing operations. In addition, the team is responsible for delivering key operational reporting to Hudson and its clients.
Investor and client relations
Our investor relations and client relations teams include fund and partner accounting, reporting and valuation functions, as well as a wide range of support activities in an effort to ensure that fund investors and clients have access to the information they require.
Property tax due-diligence and analysis
Our property tax team pursues property tax savings on a global basis.
Capital strategy and treasury
Hudson’s capital strategy and treasury activities include liquidity management and fund-level financing for client funds, as well as maintaining banking relationships and cash management.
Hudson Advisors L.P. is a registered investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in reliance on the registration of its wholly-owned subsidiary Hudson Americas L.P. Hudson Advisors L.P. is also registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a commodity trading advisor and is a member of the National Futures Association. As such, Hudson maintains a global compliance program to ensure compliance with applicable financial industry laws and regulations, fiduciary duties owed by applicable advisory entities to the investment vehicles under management, and contractual commitments to clients and counterparties.
Hudson is committed to strong governance, and monitors risks through line management as well as oversight committees. Our Risk Assurance program includes an independent audit function to assess functional risk and recommend improvements to operations.